Almost all client SSDs released to date with a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface use Phison’s PS5026-E26 controller. Apparently, TeamGroup decided to try something different and launched a drive powered by a completely different platform, the Innogrit IG5666. The T-Force Ge Pro SSD not only uses a new platform, it is also equipped with fast 3D NAND, with sequential read speeds up to 14 GB/s, almost saturating the PCIe 5.0 x4 bus.
Team Group’s T-Force Ge Pro PCIe 5.0 SSD will be one of the first hard drives to use the Innogrit IG5666 controller, which contains multiple cores and can handle the LDPC ECC algorithm with a code length of 4096 bits. It has low power consumption, It has 8 NAND channels, is manufactured using 12nm process technology, and has a PCIe 5.0 x4 host interface. The drive will be available in 1 TB, 2 TB and 4 TB configurations and will rely on high-performance 3D TLC NAND memory with 2400 MT/s interface speed to ensure maximum performance.
In fact, the 2 TB and 4 TB T-Force Ge Pro drives are rated for sequential read speeds of up to 14,000 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 11,800 MB/s, which is in line with the highest-end SSDs. On the Phison E26 controller. At the same time, Team Group did not disclose the random performance provided by these SSDs.
Notably, the T-Force Ge Pro drive comes with a simple graphene heatsink, which is said to be enough to maintain such high performance levels under load. This cooler makes it easy to install the T-Force Ge Pro into almost any system, which is a major difference from many Phison E26-based drives. Of course, only reviews can reveal whether such a cooling system is indeed sufficient to properly cool an SSD, but the fact that TeamGroup decided to go with a low-profile cooler is worth noting.
TeamGroup will provide a five-year warranty for the T-Force Ge Pro SSD. Amazon, Newegg, and Amazon Japan will begin taking pre-orders for these drives on February 9, 2024. Price is currently unknown.